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Not even sure this is worthy of a separate thread, but here goes....
Once I took delivery of my 833TV I quickly discovered there was no good way to hold the spindle while tightening the drawbar. After getting numerous suggestions on here, and contacting Priest Tools about whether one of their power drawbars would adapt, I decided to make my own for now. Eventually I do want a power drawbar, but that's further down the line, after a DRO etc.
I bought a PTO Adapter, Sleeve Type, 1-1/8" 6 Spline Female, 1-3/8" 6 Spline Male from All States Ag Parts, cost about $23 shipped. The ID of this thing is a good match for the 28mm spindle splines.
It had some kind of plating on it (yellow zinc?), which I didn't want to weld, so stripped it in a Muriatic Acid bath for 2 hours, along with a couple of pieces of 1/4" square steel bar I had that was zinc plated. That did the trick, but left some flash rust, which I removed with a steel brush on the drill.
Once I took delivery of my 833TV I quickly discovered there was no good way to hold the spindle while tightening the drawbar. After getting numerous suggestions on here, and contacting Priest Tools about whether one of their power drawbars would adapt, I decided to make my own for now. Eventually I do want a power drawbar, but that's further down the line, after a DRO etc.
I bought a PTO Adapter, Sleeve Type, 1-1/8" 6 Spline Female, 1-3/8" 6 Spline Male from All States Ag Parts, cost about $23 shipped. The ID of this thing is a good match for the 28mm spindle splines.
It had some kind of plating on it (yellow zinc?), which I didn't want to weld, so stripped it in a Muriatic Acid bath for 2 hours, along with a couple of pieces of 1/4" square steel bar I had that was zinc plated. That did the trick, but left some flash rust, which I removed with a steel brush on the drill.
